Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions (1881)
South Kensington Museum · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 367
ALPHABET DESIGNED B V GODFREY SVKES. ALPHABET. DESIGNED BY GODFREY SYKES. P^HESE letters appear frequently among the decorations of the■*- Museum buildings, especially in the refreshment rooms and theceramic gallery, where long inscriptions in glazed terra cotta form orna-mental friezes. They have… … i. 89
Art objects
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-76-66.webp)